In a utopia, everyone would be gay (genuine) with the way they are and everyone would accept the differences of each other. Unfortunately, we do not live in a utopia and we live in an imperfect world, where not everyone accepts who they are. With today’s society telling people what is and is not acceptable, it is obvious why people seem lost. J.D. Salinger’s, The Catcher In The Rye, is a developing story written in Holden Caulfield, a protagonist, point of view. In the novel Holden emerges lost in his own private world with suffering and pain. Holden is a troubled student who runs away from his school right before he is expelled. He goes on a journey through New York, instead of going back home. He roams the city for three days and has several
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He states, “I’m the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life” (16). Holden lies so much to cover up who he really is-a kid who is angry and depressed about his brother’s death. There are many instances where through the novel where Holden lies about his life. Holden is caught in his own lies by the audience when he has a conversation on the train,"Oh, how lovely! Perhaps you know my son, then, Ernest Morrow? He goes to Pencey. Yes, I do. He's in my class. Her son was doubtless the biggest bastard that ever went to Pencey, in the whole crumby history of the school. He was always going down the corridor, after he'd had a shower, snapping his soggy old wet towel at people's asses. That's exactly the kind of a guy he was. Oh, how nice! the lady said. But not corny. She was just nice and all. "I must tell Ernest we met," she said. "May I ask your name, dear?" Rudolf Schmidt, I told her. I didn't feel like giving her my whole life history. Rudolf Schmidt was the name of the janitor of our dorm” (54-55). There is no reason for Holden to lie here. He just does not feel like telling the truth. This shows the audience how phony Holden really is. Holden clarifies the reader's how okay is he with lying by stating,“Once I get started, I can go on for hours if I feel like it. No kidding. Hours” (58). Holden keeps his lies so consent a snowball rolling down a hill that keeps adding. He says his lies like he is proud about …show more content…
Allie’s death was a huge significance for Holden. Holden mention his death throughout the whole novel. In fact, when Phoebe asks Holden one thing he likes, he takes a moment and thinks Allie (170). He also thinks about the death of James Castle, a boy who jumped to his death wearing Holden’s turtleneck. Holden cannot seem to make up his mind about death. He seems terrified of his own death, like when he prays to Allie when he crosses the street. Holden seems indifferent about it, like when he sits in the freezing cold looking for ducks and wonders if anyone would care and how his funeral would be like after he got pneumonia and dies. There are times where he would think about suicide, “I’m short of glad they’ve got the atomic bomb invented. If there’s ever another war, I’m going to sit right the hell on top of it. I’ll volunteer for it, I swear to God I will” (141). The readers can infer that the Holden tries to relate the atomic bomb to leukemia because people who survived the atomic bomb got leukemia. And when Holden gets disgusted by phonies, he’s disgusted with the idea that anyone can walk around as through the bomb never happened and just continue going
He states, “I’m the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life” (16). Holden lies so much to cover up who he really is-a kid who is angry and depressed about his brother’s death. There are many instances where through the novel where Holden lies about his life. Holden is caught in his own lies by the audience when he has a conversation on the train,"Oh, how lovely! Perhaps you know my son, then, Ernest Morrow? He goes to Pencey. Yes, I do. He's in my class. Her son was doubtless the biggest bastard that ever went to Pencey, in the whole crumby history of the school. He was always going down the corridor, after he'd had a shower, snapping his soggy old wet towel at people's asses. That's exactly the kind of a guy he was. Oh, how nice! the lady said. But not corny. She was just nice and all. "I must tell Ernest we met," she said. "May I ask your name, dear?" Rudolf Schmidt, I told her. I didn't feel like giving her my whole life history. Rudolf Schmidt was the name of the janitor of our dorm” (54-55). There is no reason for Holden to lie here. He just does not feel like telling the truth. This shows the audience how phony Holden really is. Holden clarifies the reader's how okay is he with lying by stating,“Once I get started, I can go on for hours if I feel like it. No kidding. Hours” (58). Holden keeps his lies so consent a snowball rolling down a hill that keeps adding. He says his lies like he is proud about …show more content…
Allie’s death was a huge significance for Holden. Holden mention his death throughout the whole novel. In fact, when Phoebe asks Holden one thing he likes, he takes a moment and thinks Allie (170). He also thinks about the death of James Castle, a boy who jumped to his death wearing Holden’s turtleneck. Holden cannot seem to make up his mind about death. He seems terrified of his own death, like when he prays to Allie when he crosses the street. Holden seems indifferent about it, like when he sits in the freezing cold looking for ducks and wonders if anyone would care and how his funeral would be like after he got pneumonia and dies. There are times where he would think about suicide, “I’m short of glad they’ve got the atomic bomb invented. If there’s ever another war, I’m going to sit right the hell on top of it. I’ll volunteer for it, I swear to God I will” (141). The readers can infer that the Holden tries to relate the atomic bomb to leukemia because people who survived the atomic bomb got leukemia. And when Holden gets disgusted by phonies, he’s disgusted with the idea that anyone can walk around as through the bomb never happened and just continue going